PS Vita launch: Backstab HD by Gl33ntwine & Rinnegatamante (unofficial port)

Another day, one other android recreation ported to PS vita, this time Backstab HD by builders Gl33ntwine and Rinnegatamante! Gl33ntwine had beforehand launched PS vita ports for Dead Space and Mass Effect as nicely.

This is one more Android port straight to Vita utilizing TheStream’s wrapper (a mechanism that enables to un Android apps natively on the PS Vita, with out emulation, permitting for spectacular efficiency). Thanks to this method, we’ve seen different nice releases lately together with The Conduit, Thimbleweed Park, Fahrenheit,  Crazy Taxi, Rockstar’s Bully and GTA San Andreas, the Anomaly Series, in addition to Final Fantasy ports by Rinnegatamante and Frangar.

What’s Backstab HD for PS Vita

Backstab is an Assassin’s Creed “impressed” recreation by developer Gameloft, initially printed in 2011

From the readme:

Backstab is a 2011 journey recreation for iOS and Android gadgets. Take on the position of Henry Blake, a damaged man whose life was stripped away, and assist in his quest for justice and revenge. Climb, bounce and sneak your approach by various settings to achieve your goal and strike down adversaries. Use your lethal preventing abilities and the combo-based fight system to defeat your nemesis and anybody else who will get in your approach.

This repository comprises a loader of the Android launch of Backstab HD v1.2.8d, based mostly on the Android SO Loader by TheFloW. The loader gives a tailor-made, minimalistic Android-like atmosphere to run the official ARMv7 recreation executable on the PS Vita.

Download and Install Backstab HD for PS Vita

Disclaimer: it goes with out saying, however you’ll need a hacked PS Vita with a purpose to run this recreation.

Setup Instructions

(From the Readme)

In order to correctly set up the sport, you’ll should comply with these steps exactly:

• (Recommended) Make certain that you’re both on 3.60 enso or 3.65 enso firmware model. Other variations may go too, however no help are supplied for them! If you expertise any points other than described within the Known Issues part, please improve or downgrade your firmware earlier than asking for help.

• Install or replace kubridge and FdFix by copying kubridge.skprx and fd_fix.skprx to your taiHEN plugins folder (normally ur0:tai) and including two entries to your config.txt below *KERNEL:

  *KERNEL
  ur0:tai/kubridge.skprx
  ur0:tai/fd_fix.skprx

! ⚠️ Don't set up `fd_fix.skprx` when you're utilizing the rePatch plugin!

• Make certain you may have libshacccg.suprx within the ur0:/knowledge/ folder in your console. If you don’t, use ShaRKBR33D to get it rapidly and simply.

• Legally get hold of your copy of BackStab HD for Android in a type of an .apk file and knowledge information. This port is tailor-made for v1.2.8d (newest) model of the sport. Other variations may go too however no help is supplied for them.

ℹ️ Verify that your construct is the proper one utilizing sha1sum (can be discovered as a web based instrument). sha1sum for lib/armeabi-v7a/libPirates.so should be 9a36ce92ac09f2908c155ab1debb3e138a3496b8

• Open the .apk with any zip explorer (like 7-Zip) and extract the file lib/armeabi-v7a/libPirates.so from the .apk into ux0:knowledge/backstab/ in your Vita. Example of right ensuing path: ux0:knowledge/backstab/libPirates.so

• Fetch the sport knowledge information out of your system. You can discover them at /sdcard/gameloft/video games. Copy the com.gameloft.android.ANMP.GloftSDHM folder to ux0:knowledge/backstab/ in your Vita. Example of right ensuing path: ux0:knowledge/backstab/com.gameloft.android.ANMP.GloftSDHM/information/actors.gla

• Install BackstabHD.vpk (from Releases).

• IMPORTANT: whenever you launch the sport for the primary time, open the in-game settings (cogwheel icon in primary menu), and do two issues:

  • Reduce controls sensitivity to minimal.
  • In “Control Scheme”, choose Control Scheme 2.

• (Optional) Tap Settings within the backside left nook of the port’s LiveArea to regulate some settings. Namely, you’ll be able to change analog sticks useless zones, change graphical element degree, and allow FPS limiter.

Source: VitaDB